Muscle or tendon length - change of waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
The median wait for muscle or tendon length - change of at this public hospital in the South Brisbane area of Queensland was 89 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 93 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.2%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 7 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 85 days in 2016–17 to 89 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 89 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Prince Charles Hospital, about 10 km away, at 51 days. Here, 2.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.8%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 89 days | 2.2% | 93 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 38 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 9.3% | 215 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 11.8% | 439 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 85 | 81 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 79 | 75 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 96 | 80 | 77 |
| 2019–20 | 126 | 85 | 75 |
| 2020–21 | 102 | 87 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | 141 | 92 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 124 | 87 | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 89 | 91 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 89 | 89 | 89 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Queensland Children's Hospital · Muscle or tendon length - change of across Australia · Muscle or tendon length - change of in Queensland